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Artist/Maker
Raven Chacon
(Navajo, born 1977)
Date2019
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (27.9 × 21.7 cm)
Frame: 18 7/8 × 14 7/8 × 2 in. (47.9 × 37.8 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchased with funds donated by Katherine Hastings ‘82 and David Nathans ‘72
Object number2021.8.1.6
Not on view
DescriptionInstructions for performance by Raven Chacon:
For Cheryl L'Hirondelle
Presented are five groupings of pitches
For each grouping, compose and sing a melodic line that gives advice.
Interpret each grouping as a contour, as macro or micro as desired.
All five lines can become one song or become five separate songs.
To be performed in the dark.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.
Markings
Stamp: ochre Crow's Shadow Press chop on verso at lower left;
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Stamp: ochre Printer's chop on verso at lower right.
Signature
Signed on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
"FOR CHERYL L'HIRONDELLE" at upper right in ochre ink;
"7/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP19-102" on verso at lower left in pencil.
"7/20" on verso at lower left in pencil;
"CSP19-102" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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